A hire company says it was"shellshocked" and"gutted" after 39 Chinese people were found dead in one of its trailers.
The company said it provided police with information about the person and company that leased the trailer, and offered to make tracking data available. Detectives said the trailer containing the victims arrived at Purfleet from Zeebrugge in Belgium about 12.30am on Wednesday and the front section to which it was attached, known as the tractor, came from Northern Ireland.
"We have no idea at the moment how long the lorry spent in Belgium, it could be hours or days, we just don't know," he said. The NCA previously said it had a"greater focus" on rising smuggler numbers in Belgium after the closure of a migrant camp, and a Border Force assessment highlighted Zeebrugge as being among"key ports of embarkation for clandestine arrivals".
The police said they were alerted by the ambulance service shortly before 1:40am following the discovery of the truck container."We are yet to identify them and must manage this sensitively with their families," she said.British police have opened a murder investigation.The Bulgarian ministry of foreign affairs said the truck was registered in Varna in Bulgaria"under the name of a company owned by an Irish citizen".
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